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Services provided for Aged Persons
Laundry. For incontinent persons only. Applications to the
Medical Officer of Health., 98a, Avenue Road, N.W.3. HAM 7171
Meals. Delivered twice weekly by British Red Cross Society and
Women's Voluntary Services.
Dinner Clubs. These are held at -
St. Stephen's Church Hall, Pond Street, N.W.3. on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday. 12 noon.
Health Institute, 107 Kingsgate Road, N.W.6. on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. 12 noon.
Library. A van provided by Hampstead Old People's Welfare
Association takes books fortnightly to hometound old people.
The hooks are provided by the Borough Council and a member of
the library staff accompanies the van.
Holidays. Arranged by the Hampstead Old People's Welfare Association.
Chiropody Service. Weekly sessions are held in N.W.6 and N.W.3.
The Rotary Club of Hampstead provide transport to the clinic
for those too frail to travel.
Patients who are unable to attend the clinic even by car,
are visited and treated in their own homes.
Appointments for treatment are made on application to the
Hampstead Old People's Welfare Association.
Baths. Old Age Pensioners are allowed to use the slipper baths
at the Central Baths, Finchley Road, and the Branch Baths at
Flask Walk and Palmers ton Road, free of charge.
Homes. Information may be obtained from the Medical Officer of
Health, 98a, Avenue Road, N.W.3* the Hampstead Old People's
Welfare Association, 107 Kingsgate Road, N.W.6 or the Old
People's Homes Committee, 296 Vauxhall Bridge Road, S.W.1.
VIC 9977.
Workshops for the Elderly, 107 Kingsgate Road, N.W.6. Organised
by the Hampstead Old People's Welfare Association.
Hospital Care. Applications should be made by the patient's doctor
to Dr. Exton Smith, Whittington Hospital, Highgate Wing, Dartmouth
Park Hill, N.19. ARC 3070. In cases of difficulty farther